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5th and 6th Grade Common Core Reading Worksheets : Page 5

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;When I Was One-and-Twenty&rdquo; by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet!&nbsp;

Analyzing Poetry: “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by A.E. Housman

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading

Improve your child&#39;s reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children&#39;s story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Reading Comprehension: Stuffed Elephant

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

History of Television

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Examples of Hyperbole! Part 2

Learn more about the swirling, whirling science behind tornadoes with this wild worksheet.

Tornado Science

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Crafting a Thesis Statement: Literary Essay Writing

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading <em>The One and Only Ivan</em> by Katherine Applegate.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Pre-Reading Activity

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Novel Discussion Guide for Teachers

With this reading exercise, students will identify a character’s traits and provide evidence from the text.

Tracking Character Traits

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point of view.

Basketball: Nonfiction Text

Young readers will refer to a passage from The Secret Garden to answer a series of reading comprehension questions.

The Secret Garden: Reading Comprehension

America gets its name from Amerigo Vespucci. Kids will learn about this important historical figure with this fun worksheet.

Amerigo Vespucci

Use this worksheet to help your students analyze and talk about cause-and-effect text structure.

Cause and Effect: Structure

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

Can You Spot the Main Idea?

Your child will love learning all about the exploits of the famous European explorer Marco Polo with this attractively illustrated worksheet.

Marco Polo

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s <em>Wonder</em> by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Novel Study: Wonder: Pre-Reading Activity

Use this graphic organizer to support learners&#39; understanding of cause and effect in the books they read.

Graphic Organizer: Cause & Effect

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Inferences & Evidence

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they&rsquo;re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Character Archetype Trading Cards

Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.

Fact & Opinion Adjectives

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

Diagramming the Plot of a Story

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

Writing a Nonfiction Summary: The Mimic Octopus

What if you met a snake who could make you rich? Enjoy one of the classic Panchatantra stories, animal fables from India that have a moral lesson.

Panchatantra: "The Gold-Giving Snake"

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Quotes as Evidence #2

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.

Hurricane Science

Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

Reading Comprehension: Black Beauty

Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.

Panchatantra: The Fish That Were Too Clever

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Literary Response Prompt: Story Elements

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